The National Sports Media Association (NSMA) has announced Joseph “Mojo” Hill from the Devils Lake Journal as the award winner for the North Dakota Sportswriter of the Year, recognizing him for his outstanding contributions to sports reporting in North Dakota.

North Dakotans are overwhelmingly proud of their state and satisfied with their lives, with pride rooted in safety, community and faith, the latest North Dakota Poll commissioned by the North Dakota News Cooperative shows.

Following the invasion of Venezuela by U.S. military forces on Saturday, Jan. 3, which included the capture of its current president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, North Dakota and Minnesota lawmakers released statements in response, falling along party lines. GOP politicians endorsed the military intervention taken by the Trump administration, while Democratic politicians sharply criticized it, with the North Dakota Democratic-NPL calling it “illegal and unconstitutional.”

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued a statement regarding the passing of Allen I. Olson, who served as the 28th governor of North Dakota from 1981 to 1984 and as the state’s attorney general from 1972 to 1980. Olson died Friday, Dec. 26, at age 87.

North Dakotans are overwhelmingly proud of their state and satisfied with their lives, with pride rooted in safety, community and faith, the latest North Dakota Poll commissioned by the North Dakota News Cooperative shows.

Lake Region State College and the Devils Lake Public Library are bringing a North Dakota author to give a book talk on January 14 at 6:00 p.m. in Chautauqua Gallery at LRSC.

Following the invasion of Venezuela by U.S. military forces on Saturday, Jan. 3, which included the capture of its current president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, North Dakota and Minnesota lawmakers released statements in response, falling along party lines. GOP politicians endorsed the military intervention taken by the Trump administration, while Democratic politicians sharply criticized it, with the North Dakota Democratic-NPL calling it “illegal and unconstitutional.”

 DAKOTA DATEBOOK: Devils Lake Central High School

LARIMORE, N.D. – To spread some kindness this holiday season, the student council of Larimore High School launched “Bless a Bear,” an anonymous program made to help students in need of a little extra love and support this winter.